The mayor spoke to a range of officers that tragic night and sensed the overwhelming sentiment was about concern for their fallen colleagues. In a time of tragedy, emotions run high and that is to be expected. вЂњThey have had enough and are no longer going to remain silent anymore,вЂќ he noted.ДЇor her part, LightfootвЂ™s office released a statement Monday saying, вЂњThe mayor was present at the emergency room to offer support and condolences to the families involved and the hundreds of line officers and exempts who were there, which she did. вЂњTurning their backs on the mayor was an excellent example of how the hundreds of police officers felt waiting outside the hospital.вЂќД¬atanzara said that CPD officers no longer support LightfootвЂ™s leadership respective to her management of the nationвЂ™s second-largest police force. 460.12500 - City-wide 1 (used for emergencies and as a back-up when Zones are busy) Online since November 2019. вЂњThe police officersвЂ™ decision to turn their backs on the mayor while waiting with the family on the 7th floor was significant,вЂќ FOP President John Catanzara told the Sun-Times in an interview. Lightfoot reportedly appeared shaken by the show of disapproval and then left to speak to reporters.

вЂњThey did the about-face - it looked like it had been choreographed,вЂќ said one of the sources present to the Sun-Times, calling it вЂњastounding.вЂќ This police drama follows the members of the Chicago Police Department's elite Intelligence Unit.

Sources are reporting that all efforts by the mayor to comfort grieving officers were rebuffed.

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